Black Magic (1949)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Gregory Ratoff

Escritores:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
Charles Bennett (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 agosto 1949 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Misterio | Romance

Frase comercial:

The biggest picture in ten years! The greatest cavalcade of intrigue, spectacle, adventure and excitement you'll ever see on the screen

Plot:

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Plot Keywords:

Hypnotism | Marie Antoinette | Revenge | France | Gypsy

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A great one to catch on the big screen

Reparto

Orson Welles	...	Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
Nancy Guild	...	Marie Antoinette / Lorenza
Akim Tamiroff	...	Gitano
Frank Latimore	...	Gilbert de Rezel
Valentina Cortese	...	Zoraida
Margot Grahame	...	Mme. du Barry
Stephen Bekassy	...	Viscount de Montagne
Berry Kroeger	...	Alexandre Dumas, Sr.
Gregory Gaye	...	Chambord / Monk (as Gregory Gay)
Raymond Burr	...	Alexandre Dumas, Jr.
Charles Goldner	...	Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer
Lee Kresel	...	King Louis XVI / Innkeeper
Robert Atkins	...	King Louis XV
Nicholas Bruce	...	De Remy
Franco Corsaro	...	Chico

También conocida como:

Cagliostro (Italy)
Gli spadaccini della serenissima (Italy) (alternative title)
Cagliostro (Spain) [es]
Cagliostro, el desalmado (Chile) [es]

Duración:

105 min

País:

USA | Italy

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #13230) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Italy

Compañía:

Edward Small Productions

Trivialidades:

Initially, the film was to be directed in the USA by Douglas Sirk starring George Sanders.

Errores:

Continuidad: Early in the film the guards whip Joseph, they then attempt to burn his eyes out. The iron is heated by a character out of uniform who passes it to a soldier. We see the scene from the back and the soldier moves the iron towards the child's eyes, a cut to the front has the non uniformed character moving the iron towards the child's eyes, a cut back shows the iron back in the hands of the uniformed soldier.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in D.O.A. (1950)

A great one to catch on the big screen

Watching this very entertaining film for the first time today, I was curiously reminded of the screwball comedy "Start the Revolution Without Me" made twenty years later. I didn't even remember Welles participation in the film, which starred Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, but rather the Queen's annoyance toward her husband's obsession with clocks.

I had always wondered why Welles appeared in this zany farce directed by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. Now I'm sure he had a hand in writing the script! The antics between Marie Antoinette and the King seem to be a continuation of ideas that began with "Black Magic".

This fine Alexander Dumas classic utilizes the same plot device from "The Man in the Iron Mask". In that one Louis the XIV has a twin while Marie Antoinette has one in "Black Magic". Not only does this movie deserve a DVD release, but would be a great one to see in a theater as well.